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Science fiction, combined with African mythology- that is the magical mix that creates the aesthetics of Afrofuturism. Kenyan artists Osborne Macharia and Cyrus Kabiru, as well as Nigerian comic book artist Ayodeji Makinde, explore and celebrate African identity in film, art, comics, and offer a peek into an alternative African universe. Go to video
It's hard to make a living as a shepherd or farmer in the mountains of northeastern Albania. But an NGO is devoted to environmental protection and helping families find sustainable livelihoods to stop the young leaving.
Extreme E is a race for small electric-powered SUVs and it has come to Senegal. There it is showing off some of the most extreme regions in the world and bringing attention to drought, deforestation and emissions.
In Kenya, a group is training women and young people in vertical farming, since prolonged dry seasons and a lack of proper storage for produce are making traditional methods more difficult.
On this week's Eco Africa, discover how Andean animals improve soil in South Africa, learn how printing a 3D beehive can help the little pollinators survive and get your hands dirty with vertical farming.
New Icelandic airline Play launches first flights - South African businesses struggle to get bank loans - IMF approves $407m in support for Kenya
Ethiopia elections update +++ COVID third wave in Uganda +++SADC military intervention in Mozambique +++ EU sanctions on Burundi lifted +++ Should voting be compulsory? +++ Zimbabwe's judicial system in focus
On this edition with Karin Helmstaedt: Berlin’s Futurium focuses on the future of society; Pritzker Prize-winning French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal; and an exhibition of British artist Antony Gormley’s explorations of the body.
By combining art with daily life, the artists of Mathildenhöhe paved the way for modernism some 120 years ago. Join Check-in host Nicole Fröhlich on a tour of the stunning location that housed their former colony.
DW brings you the top international news stories in brief
Belarusian video blogger Syarhey Tsikhanouski is one of six people facing a range of charges including inciting social hatred and organizing mass disorder. His wife Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, opposition leader in Belarus, spoke to DW.
Should employers be allowed to sack people who refuse to get inoculated against the coronavirus? DW's Ben Fajzullin discusses this with two people who are holding contrarian views on the issue.
No, you're not alone. As the world re-opens, hundreds of millions of people are feeling completely overwhelmed at the idea of 'going back to the way things were before.' This feeling (which is absolutely normal) is called 'reentry anxiety.' And there are concrete things you can do to make it go away.
Once a poster child of pandemic prevention, Taiwan now scrambles to contain outbreaks and secure vaccines. Will its new, domestic COVID jab prove a game-changer? Miners and fishers in Indonesia fight a turf war over waters rich in fish and ore. And: Pakistan's peacocks, preserved.
German business confidence has hit its highest level since the end of 2018 as the economic recovery is gaining momentum. After exports, domestic business activity is rebounding, says Clemens Fuest from the ifo Institute.
High in the Andes mountains, mining companies are gearing up for the massive extraction of lithium -- the raw material of the future. Lithium batteries are used to power the electric vehicles that will play a key role in the new energy revolution.
In a remote and dry corner of Pakistan near the Indian border, a wildlife sanctuary has protected a complex ecosystem for migratory birds. This is where conservationists have made special efforts to save peafowl.
